The shape of a helmet is important for how it handles shocks and impacts. I doubt this thing is as protective as a similarly heavy helmet with a plain old bowl shape.
I’m no safety engineer… but wouldn’t the contoured top take some glancing blows, and rather than deflecting off the side of the head, convert then into direct hits on top of the head?
Like, isn’t this basically a concussion scoop?
Wouldn’t the stiff wide brim convert hits that previously would have missed your head into neck tortion or compression?
The brim could cause an issue. Imagine two items falling in rapid succession. With a bowl helmet the first one glances off, second one hits and you’re protected.
Now with the cowboy hat, first one hits the brim and flips the hat off your head. Second one…. Yeah, that’s gonna suck.
Yep. Firefighting helmets have a strap for that reason.
I think that it’d be way better to loosely attach a thin, lightweight, cardboard or thin plastic brim to a ‘real’ hardhat than use one of the faux cowboy hats.
The main problem is you can’t tell at a glance that it’s a safety helmet. Everyone on site is drilled to report safety risks like wearing noncompliant headgear to foreman / manager / whatever. It causes confusion having to explain its actually compliant to a safety inspector
Just wear the ugly hat; it’s construction, not a catwalk
As someone who does have one at work, they are all plastic and Fully ANSI rated. I don’t wear it, mostly because it’s ridiculously impractical for tight quarters, but also the opening for your head is a fixed size, and my head is just a little too big, so it doesn’t really fit me that well. Still, it’s funny to whip out on occassion
The shape of a helmet is important for how it handles shocks and impacts. I doubt this thing is as protective as a similarly heavy helmet with a plain old bowl shape.
I’m no safety engineer… but wouldn’t the contoured top take some glancing blows, and rather than deflecting off the side of the head, convert then into direct hits on top of the head?
Like, isn’t this basically a concussion scoop?
Wouldn’t the stiff wide brim convert hits that previously would have missed your head into neck tortion or compression?
Reminds me of how the fantasy medieval plate armor with boob cups would direct the blow directly into the sternum and kill the wearer.
The brim could cause an issue. Imagine two items falling in rapid succession. With a bowl helmet the first one glances off, second one hits and you’re protected.
Now with the cowboy hat, first one hits the brim and flips the hat off your head. Second one…. Yeah, that’s gonna suck.
Yep. Firefighting helmets have a strap for that reason.
I think that it’d be way better to loosely attach a thin, lightweight, cardboard or thin plastic brim to a ‘real’ hardhat than use one of the faux cowboy hats.
The main problem is you can’t tell at a glance that it’s a safety helmet. Everyone on site is drilled to report safety risks like wearing noncompliant headgear to foreman / manager / whatever. It causes confusion having to explain its actually compliant to a safety inspector
Just wear the ugly hat; it’s construction, not a catwalk
But, what if there is a catwalk on the construction site and they just want to do a little turn on it?
If they were too sexy with the cowboy safety hat, they’ll be sexy enough with the hard hat.
I think it’ll come down to whether or not he wears a shirt.
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Looking at the inside picture you can see the inside contours of the Stetson top, I think we’re looking at a straight up hat shaped helmet.
Dude, they are OSHA compliant https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=cowboy+had+hard+hat
Because a Chinese reseller on Amazon says so! Must be true!
And because you said so it mustn’t be true? Yeah, right, OK Carnak the Magnificent… you have spoken. 🥱🙄
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Ah I see, my screen was rather dark last night.
I think the entire thing is plastic. The photos show how shiny the rim is
As someone who does have one at work, they are all plastic and Fully ANSI rated. I don’t wear it, mostly because it’s ridiculously impractical for tight quarters, but also the opening for your head is a fixed size, and my head is just a little too big, so it doesn’t really fit me that well. Still, it’s funny to whip out on occassion
Yeah, if someone actually wanted to make this a good product then it’d be a regular hard hat with a fabric or leather cowboy hat over the top.